When it occurred in the early summer of 2004, the bizarre fabrication of an anti-Semitic hate crime in France stirred up torrents of confusion and rage. The supposed victim, a young woman in her twenties known only to the public as “Marie L.,” described her brutal attack by a gang of black and Arabic thugs on the RER Parisian subway trains. She alleged that they mistook her for a Jew, then cut her face and body with a knife, tore her clothes, and drew swastikas on her stomach. When the truth came to light -- the fact that no such attack had occurred, that Marie had evidently assaulted herself with a knife and had drawn the Nazi symbols on her own body -- the young wo...
Released:
2009
Rated:
NR
Length:
105 mins